How to Blitz (From the Perspective of a Blitz Main)

A guide on how to use blitz.

Operator Overview

Operator Guide : Blitz



Basic Information :

Name : Elias Kotz

Nickname : Blitz

Ability : Flash Shield

Armor :Medium

Speed : Medium (Although he has a shield movement penalty so he moves slightly faster than a 3 armor)

Difficulty : Medium/High Floor - High Ceiling

Weapon Difficulty : If you're good with shields, Medium Floor - Medium Ceiling, if not, High Floor - High Ceiling

Gadget Difficulty : Low Floor - Medium Ceiling

Tags : Fragger, Shield, Glass Cannon

CTU : GSG 9

Overall Operator Rating (S, A, B, C, D, F) : A Tier

Operator Description : Blitz is a shield operator, but not like the other shields. He's kind of what you'd get if you took ash and combined her with monty. Blitz' main job is to rush the objective, people, gadgets, basically anything there is, your job is to run at it and kill it. There is a bit more to him than that though as he has some drawbacks. Those drawbacks notably being his large hitbox, smaller shield, lower armor than other shields, slow movement (still faster than other shields though), and his awful hipfire (2nd worst in the game). He does have one benefit though, that being that when he sprints he doesn't have to put his shield down allowing him to charge enemies or anything else in his way. Blitz is meant for close range combat and to be effective you need to be aggressive (more aggressive = more better) so you can get close to people, about 5m away is where you start becoming effective. There is one way to deal with people at long range but i 'll explain that later. Now for the main thing, is he overpowered? This is a topic commonly discussed among people who play R6 and opinions are very divided. My personal opinion? No. he isn't. There I said it, moving on.

Weapons

Blitz doesn't have any other options than to use the G-52 Tactical Flash Shield as his primary and the P12 as his secondary, so get comfortable with these.

G-52 Tactical Flash Shield :
















Damage : None

Fire rate : None

Mobility : 30

Magazine Size : None

Tips For Use : This is the only choice Blitz has for a primary weapon as it's also his gadget. This is a shield, use it to protect yourself, and don't forget about the flash on the front of it.

Attachments : None




P12 :








Damage : 44

Fire Rate : Single Fire

Mobility : 45

Magazine Size : 15

Tips For Use : It's a decent pistol with a decent mag size. Not too hard to use normally with its relatively low recoil, but on Blitz it has a notable drawback (note this may not be with the pistol but with his shield or something else) and that's that its hipfire spread is absolutely abyssmal, i would say that the spread remains effective up until about 2-3 m. That's not to say you can't get lucky or do some chip damage but it won't be very effective at killing things past that range.

Attachments : For a barrel use a muzzle brake for one to reduce recoil, and two because Blitz sounds like a herd of elephants stampeding while carrying scrap metal on their backs. And use a laser sight if you even want to hit anything at all.

Gadgets

Breach Charges :









Gadget How-To : This what I would recommend using for Blitz as the breaching power can be vital at points for rushing the objective or trying to cause chaos by breaking things. Its also good for glory killing downed opponents with it, let that be noted.




Smoke Grenades :











Gadget How-To : I wouldn't recommend using these because they just aren't necessary for anything you will be doing as Blitz. I do know that they have tactical advantage and pro's love them but unless you have some very specific strategy you're trying to pull off breaches are definitely the better option.

Operator Ability

Flash Shield :
















Gadget How-To : Blitz' gadget is fairly simple, its a flash, on a shield. This flash can be activated without having to put your shield down to throw anything like normal flashes, and it also activates instantly. It does have drawbacks like its short range, 5m working distance, 4m total flash distance, and it doesn't make a bang and make your enemy lose hearing like a normal flashbang. This should be typically used to aid rushes onto single targets (it doesn't do too well with flashing multiple targets) and should be used in extreme close range (5m and below). Note that when you use it you will stop being able to sprint for 1-2 seconds and the flash has a short cooldown before it can be used again (only a few seconds though). On a side note Blitz is odd in the way that he has counters to him not just his gadget unlike many other operators.

Countered By :

Mute - Jams Flash (somehow, how is he jamming a flashbang?)

More Than One Opponent - Doesn't do much because they're typically not both standing at a range where it'll work right. Blitz also sucks at dealing with more than one person as he only has a pistol and charging one of them may get you the kill but will almost always mean certain death as the other one will be able to shoot you.

Any Explosive (Nitro Cells, Impacts, etc.) - The shield doesn't absorb all of the damage.

Ela Mines - Makes Blitz move slower and impairs his ability to rush with lower sensitivity and vision.

Lesion Mines - No ability to sprint at all.

Frost Mats - Shield gives him lower screen space for visibility, so frost mats become harder to see. That and when vaulting through a window, his hipfire is too bad to actually hit the frost mat without ADSing, leaving him vulnerable.

Kapkan Traps - Hurts Blitz a good amount.

People Being Far Away - Blits only really has one way to deal with long ranged opponents making people who are far away more powerful.

Being at Low HP - When you get to low health as Blitz he becomes somewhat of a sitting duck and extreme skill or luck is needed to win a fight at low hp due to his aggressive nature.

Counters :

Single Opponents at Close Range - Blitz has many tools to deal with stragglers when they get too close, his gun, flash, meleeing them, etc. this is where Blitz excels and also coincidentally why he often is labeled as OP.

Uncoordinated Teams - Blitz is good at dealing with an opposing team who is uncoordinated as he will just be able to charge and kill each individual person effortlessly. he also isn't hurt as much as other operators by his own team not being very good as he is extremely self sufficient.

3 Armors - j u s t t r y a n d r u n n o w .

Strategies

Strategies :

Dimmadome Strategy - This strat requires a laser sight and an opponent who is standing still. What you do is when they stand still you quickly ADS and shoot them in the head. Finka makes this strat much easier and missing the firs shot can mean immediate death as then most likely have their sights aimed in your head as well. This is the only way to deal with anyone at long range so to be good with Blitz means mastering this strategy.

Charge and Targe - Easy strat, see an enemy? Run at them. Try to flash and melee them before they can run away. If they run aim and try to shoot their back. This is the majority of what you'll be doing as Blitz.

Back Planting - When you plant a defuser, face backwards toward the enemy as when you plant shots will hit your shield and not your vital organs.

Spook Blitz - If the enemy leaves a wall directly into objective unreinforced or you know an enemy is behind that wall in the room, put a breach charge on it and then do the Charge and Targe strat, 100% guaranteed to give enemies a mini heart attack.

Panicking - If you happen to be losing a fight do panic actually, start randomly hipfiring at the enamy and hope to either kill them or at least hurt them a bit. If they hit your shield make shure to face sideways as now you're pointing the shield at them partially protecting yourself until it goes back to your front. Hey, it has to work some of the time.

Psychotic Bum Rush of the Objective - Pretty much self explanitory, try to get into the objective as fast as humanly possible and start breaking things and securing things. This is why Blitz exists, to be that entry fragger that gets things going.

How To Counter Blitz

^Actual photo of his hitbox.

Blitz can be tough to counter because he is so radically different from other operators. One big rule of thumb is don't just sit there, if you sit in a corner and just keep dumping shots at him even if they hit he will most likey reach you before that kills him so get up and start moving, but don't just sprint with your back towards him the whole time because if a good Blitz notices that you're just running away and not even fighting he can just ADS and shoot at your back. What you're gonna want to do is keep your distance (minimum safe distance 6-7m., good safe distance >10m.) and don't let him get too comfortable, shoot some shots at him every once and a while to keep him from just trying to go for the greedy kill. If you do find yourself within that 5m. death circle Blitz has around him there are a few options but not many as this is where Blitz excels and can be nearly unkillable if there's a teammate around you you have a good chance of at minumum dying with the Blitz because Blitz is gonna be distracted with you, if you have a nitro look almost all the way down (if you're flashed you're just gonna have to guess where almost down is) and throw it there and detonate it, most likely you will take damage from this but if all goes well Blitz is probably standing right on top of the nitro meaning he's gonna die and in a worst case scenario Blitz at least takes damage from it and is weakened now, which is good because Blitz relies on having health to burger his way through the damage. Another scenario I'd like to bring up is when Blitz gets really persistent and starts chasing you like halfway accross the map for a minute and a half. If this happens, just keep running and try to get to a teammate so they can help you (tell them what you're doing first because I guarantee you if you show up there with Blitz chasing you you're both going to die and that teammate most likely won't be very happy about it.)

End

I would just like to say as a last thing, try not to get too salty about Blitz. Honestly it gets a bit tiring just getting salt in the chat about Blitz no matter the curcumstances. Thanks for reading and I hope this helped you a bit to play and counter Blitz.

[Necroz]

i am the best blitz main lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

[Viable_Golem4375]

Man I forgot I even made this. Look this guide is horrendously outdated and was a guide on how to play him when he was way better than he is now. My current advice if you really want to play him for whatever reason is to get some friends who will play around you.

[EvnRain]

blitz is one of those operators that is frustrating to play and to play against, ubi really needs to do something about him. thanks for the guide

[yellow.rey318]

I fucking hate you

[CreepyFishWoman]

if someone starts shooting at you start spamming a and d so they cant get your hand

[PowerPoint]

ima main blitz now, sorry guys

[viridescent]

Good guide for the small folk. Doesn't go indepth. d0wnvoted

[76561197992631699A]

Did you know Kotz basically means puke/barf? just saying.

[Jeskill]

nice

[Toastpiratewilly]

thliccz